RoIP is very similar to VoIP with both technologies using a network, usually the internet. It can replace leased lines and wireless links and can even enhance interoperability. [ + ]

Delegates on the Australian TETRA Tour were interested in how they can use TETRA to generate revenue, according to Phil Kidner. [ + ]

Ian Miller responds to the ACMA’s approach to the emergency services spectrum and asks whether 10 MHz is really enough for public safety broadband. [ + ]

The authority fights back at claims that it is putting lives at risk through its approach to spectrum needs of public safety agencies. [ + ]

It is a busy time of year for the association, with events coming up, projects being unveiled and a new website. [ + ]

Eight Zetron DCS-5020 Digital Consoles are used to expedite an R3.6m upgrade to the 861 km freight line which transports over 60 million tonnes of iron ore every year between mines in the Northern Cape and the deep water port of Saldana in South Africa. More than 3.5 km long, the trains that carry the export iron ore on the line are the longest in the world. [ + ]

Mike Smyth delves into history and asks the question, who was the true inventor of radio? Marconi or Tesla? [ + ]

The Arkansas Airport Operators Association (AAOA) in the USA is responsible for most of the 91 airports in Arkansas. The Assistant Airport Director, Mark Mellinger, recognised the need for a reliable airport-centric emergency communications system that was not reliant on infrastructure and would allow communications of both voice and data. [ + ]

The first phase of the SKA, the ASKAP telescope, has been officially opened and has started sending data from our skies. [ + ]

The arrival of digital communications, in the form of digital radio handsets and their supporting networks, are changing the fundamental nature of how work is done, how lives are saved and how profits are made. [ + ]

Two speakers at RadioComms Connect will be covering the future of critical communications. [ + ]

Geoff Spring, chair of APCO Australasia, discussed the changes he has seen through his time in the public safety communications industry. [ + ]

MiMOMax’s point-to-point network digital link was used by BTC’s public safety user to link remote R25 digital radio infrastructure. [ + ]

The radio system was designed to be capable of operation over an extremely long range, beyond the boundary of the solar system, and to operate for many years. [ + ]

Replacing obsolete instruments can have major negative consequences for the deployed test program set (TPS) and for the maintenance, calibration and repair costs of automated test equipment (ATE). By employing instrumentation with an emulation strategy, new instruments can be successfully integrated. [ + ]